Meanwhile reveals five strange news items hidden from the headlines

Nancy Oakley, a city commissioner in Madeira Beach, Florida, has resigned over groping and face-licking allegations with a former city manager. She was fined $5,000 by the state ethics commission, who said she had exhibited inappropriate behaviour, while licking the face of Shane Crawford who was the city’s manager at the time, during a fishing tournament in 2012. Commissioner John Douthirt said he is angry that his city has become a national joke over the incident.

Giving medicine to young children is a tricky thing, especially when getting the dosage right. Some say labelling is at fault as it reflects both teaspoons and millilitres. However, NPR reports that 1 in 5 parents are giving their children their medicine using household teaspoons. This is not the way to do it. This is worrying as the side effects from too much medicine can create symptoms similar to that of the illness itself. Rather use a proper medicine measuring spoon instead.

Antonio Smallwood, 41, from Virginia, USA, was arrested last week for projecting an explicit adult film onto the front of his garage door for everyone to see. Police arrived after a neighbour reported the incident. When an officer arrived at the home he saw a film involving sexual activity playing on the garage door of the home. While police tried to serve a summons on Smallwood, he refused to accept it and was arrested instead.

The last thing anyone needs is a lawyer entering the court room, with bed bugs falling from his clothes. The Oklahoma court was evacuated after the lawyer shook his jacket, causing the bugs to fall. Exterminators had to be called in to get rid of the bedbugs and anyone in the court at the time was urged to immediately seek treatment. One person was heard to say the lawyer didn't even care.

A man in India is suing his parents for bringing him into this world without his “explicit consent.” Raphael Samuel, 27, made a YouTube video, in which he said if we are born without our consent, then our parents should maintain us for life. Samuel is reportedly a follower of “antinatalism,” which is a bizarre, but increasingly popular ideology. His mother responded on Facebook saying she admired her son’s temerity, especially as both his parents are lawyers.

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